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Monday, November 30, 2015

• Two suspects were arrested November 24 after allegedly
stealing nearly 1,000 pounds of copper wire from solar panels on land belonging
to Mike Jackson Farms in California, causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
– Hanford Sentinel

• A Florida man was arrested November 25 for allegedly
creating more than $1 million worth of counterfeit credit cards after
authorities found nearly 103 advanced counterfeit cloned credit cards in the
man’s car. – WBBH 20 Fort Myers See item 2 below
in the Financial Services Sector

• Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc., issued a recall November 26
for numerous products containing celery after testing found that a Celery and
Onion blend was contaminated with E. coli bacteria. – U.S. Food and Drug
Administration

13. November
26, U.S. Food and Drug Administration – (National) Taylor Farms
Pacific, Inc. recalls celery products because of possible health risk. Tracy,
California-based Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc., issued a recall November 26 for
numerous products containing celery distributed to different stores nationwide
after testing by the Montana State Department of Health found that a Celery and
Onion blend was contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Authorities confirmed that
the tainted celery was used in Costco Wholesale Corporation’s chicken salad
products that were recalled November 23 due to an E. coli outbreak. Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm474601.htm

• A 2-alarm fire at A&H Industries in Pennsylvania
caused approximately $3 million in damages, halted railroad traffic for 3
hours, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for several hours containing
the incident November 25. – Lebanon Daily News

24. November
25, Lebanon Daily News – (Pennsylvania) Two-alarm fire damages
Myerstown business. A 2-alarm fire at A&H Industries in Myerstown,
Pennsylvania, caused approximately $3 million in damages, halted railroad
traffic for 3 hours, and prompted fire crews to remain on site for several
hours containing the incident November 25. No injuries were reported and the
cause of the fire is unknown. Source: https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2015/11/26/two-alarm-fire-damages-myerstown-business.html

Financial Services Sector

2. November
26, WBBH 20 Fort Myers – (Florida) ID thief with over $1M in fake
credit cards busted by LCSO. A Florida man was arrested November 25 for
allegedly creating more than $1 million worth of counterfeit credit cards after
Lee County Sheriff’s Office found nearly 103 advanced counterfeit cloned credit
cards in the man’s car during a traffic stop violation. Officials believe the
man allegedly used credit card skimmers to access cardholder information and
create the cards. Source: http://www.nbc-2.com/story/30611672/lcso-id-thief-with-over-1m-in-fake-credit-cards-busted

3. November
25, Whitley Republican News Journal – (Kentucky) Former local car lot
owner accused of scheme to defraud banks. The former owner of Myers
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Inc., Tri-County Cycles LLC, and Check
Properties, LLC in Knox County was indicted November 19 for allegedly
defrauding 2 banks of more than $1.4 million by writing or causing the writing
of 567 fraudulent checks between October – November 2008 to float money and
loans between his various businesses. Source: http://www.thenewsjournal.net/details/9447/sitemap.cfm#comments

4. November
24, U.S. Department of the Treasury – (International) Treasury
targets criminal network of fugitive Mexican drug lord. Officials from the
U.S. Department of the Treasury reported November 24 that 2 Mexican nationals
were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering for the Sinaloa Cartel
in Mexico after an investigation revealed the two men were part of the Sinaloa
Cartel organization. The suspects’ assets were frozen and U.S. citizens were
prohibited from conducting business with them. Source: https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0285.aspx

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
Motto: "When entrusted to process, you are obligated to safeguard"